Improvement in wagon-extensions



S. DYNES.

WAGON EXTENSION. M Nol'175,4=38. Patented March 28,1875.

J z- 1 z WITNESSES MENTOR WM y M 76 v ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE SAMUEL DYNES, OF GLARINDA, IOYVA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON-EXTENSIONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,438, dated March538, 1876; application filed October 9, 1875.

To all whom it mag concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL DYNES, ofGlarinda, in the county of Page and State of Iowa, have invented a newand valuable lmprovement in Wagon Attachments; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings making a part of this specification, and to the lettersand figure: of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a perspective view of mywagon-box attachment, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectionalview thereof.

This invention has relation to improvements in that class ofgrain-wagons wherein a detachable extension is used upon their reareudsfor the purpose of affording a stand for shoveling the grain intosacks and preventing its overflowing upon the ground when the tail-boardis raised andithe nature of the invention consists in a metallic bridgerigidly secured to the rear extension of the wagonbox, and overlappingthe rear edge of the wagon proper, whereby loss of grain is prevented,and lateral movement of the extension prevented, as will be hereinaftermore fully explained and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A represents a wagon-box of theusual form adopted for the transportation of cereals, beans, and thelike, in connection with which I propose to illustrate my invention. Brepresents the extension, consisting of a bottom, a, and of two sides,b, rigidly secured together by means of iron straps c c, the first ofwhich is nailed upon the bottom a near its front edges, is bent upwaidand secured to the sides b by means of suitable screws or nails, whilethe latter is also secured to the rear edge of the bottom,

is then bent upward, and having been bent to conform to the shape of theupper edge of the sides I) is rigidly secured thereto. The bottom a ofextension B is provided upon its front edge with a metallic plate, e, inthe naing the loss of grain through falling through the crack, andat thesame time holding up one end of the said extension, the other end beingheld in contact with the wagon-box by means of hooks fand eyebolts g.

It will be evident that when the tail-board G is raised out of theguides i t" the contents of the wagon will flow out upon the bottom ofextension B instead of falling upon the ground, and may be there readilyshoveled into sacks, the bridge-plate preventing any loss, and at thesame. time making it impossible that the shovel should strike againstthe end edge ot'the bottom of the body.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination,,with a grain-wagon, of the detachable extension B,having the overlapping metallic bridge 0 rigidly secured thereto, forthe purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

' SAMUEL DYNES.

Witnesses:

GEORGE E. LEPERT, F. P. FOSTER.

